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Rebecca's review of
Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story byIsabel Gillies
I want to read this to--the author is Stabler's wife on Law & Order: SVU, right? :)
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Claire's review of
The Time Traveler's Wife byAudrey Niffenegger
Haven't seen the movie because I wanted to finish the book first! Crazy. I'll rent the movie when I'm done with the book.
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<![CDATA[Claire added 'Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption, and One Woman's Fight to Restore Justice to All']]>
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to: Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption, and One Woman's Fight to Restore Justice to All (Hardcover)bySunny Schwartz
For anyone who is interested in alternatives to the punitive "justice system," this book is an amazing testimony to restorative justice.
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<![CDATA[Claire added 'The Time Traveler's Wife']]>
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Paperback)
byAudrey Niffenegger bookshelves: currently-reading
Taking me longer than I expected . . . it's beautiful, but based on everyone else's praise I assumed I'd fly through it!
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Girls in Trucks (Hardcover)
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<![CDATA[Claire added 'Holler If You Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students']]>
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Holler If You Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students (Teaching for Social Justice Series)
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<![CDATA[Claire added 'Two Rivers']]>
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to: Two Rivers (Paperback)byT. Greenwood
Another one from my publisher friend Peter. Great writing, for sure, and a story that deals with familial relationships and race. There's a lot of mystery here, only some of which is solved. The set-up is basically this: There's a train crash in a small town, and a pregnant, teenage black girl shows up at a house looking for the man who lives there (whose daughter is a bit younger than she is). She ends up living with them and falls into a sort of servant-like role (cooking, cleaning, watching after the daughter), while a protective, intimate, curious relationship evolves between all of them.
The characters are fascinating, and I found myself wanting to know what happens to them (and rooting for them). I'm interested to see what else this author writes . . .
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<![CDATA[Claire added 'Breaking Dawn']]>
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to: Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4)byStephenie Meyer
Horrible writing, interesting story. I gotta keep up with the teenagers though . . .
One thing I have to point out: Despite the fact that I read all four of these books, I really hate the portrayal of the alleged protagonist as a flailing, helpless girl who needs to be saved by men (well, boys, in this case). It's pretty misogynistic and, in retrospect, pretty maddening that this is what young girls are reading. If you're a teacher of teenagers, might be worth bringing this up with your students.
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